You can change the trajectory of a child's life

2:05 PM,
Jan. 11, 2013

Written by

Catherine Alter
OPINION

The Read to Succeed mission is straightforward: Get each student in the program to grade level in reading by the third grade. Why is this our single goal? Simple. Because the third grade is the tipping point. Children who do not read proficiently by third grade are four times more likely to drop out before graduation. Before third grade we learn to read; beyond third grade we read to learn. We can't learn if we can't read.

The path to this goal for each child is not always so simple. To help students gain the needed set of cognitive skills, trained Read to Succeed coaches use an instructional system ...